He’d gone quiet once Jo had finished her story. Our mother was so brave and selfless,” Thad finally said. “We come from a place called Apparitia, the realm of phantoms. You must’ve harvested them when I fed you my blood on the journey.” “Thad”-she swallowed audibly-“you were looking down at yourself. I dreamed I was crossing the universe, and I was looking down at a baby.” “I see fires and earthquakes and portals sucking at my feet. For the last few months, even before the island, I’ve been having these crazy dreams. “You mentioned you had some clues about where we came from. I kept up with your life as best as I could, and over the years it just seemed to get better and better.” I wore those bullets strung around my neck to remind me I’d only hurt you. “You ever think about coming back for me?” I’d gone to that wake intending to steal you and your new puppy, planning to ride off into the sunset together.” She gave a humorless laugh, as if her idea had been idiotic. Then she told him, “Leaving you was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.
She recounted that grim night and her struggles with her powers.
When Thad asked about the night she’d been shot and the months after, she admitted to meting out punishment, but he took it in stride. Rune was noticing other similarities as well-the cadences of their speech, their humor, their mannerisms.īecause this boy had learned from Josephine, who’d been just a girl herself, taking care of a baby while living on the streets. They resembled each other much more when they smiled. “I was only using a fraction of my strength, sis. “You jogged loose some memories for me, so no harm, no foul.” Rune had had his doubts about the boy when he’d been hunched over Josephine with his fangs bared. “I think she and the others want me to fight the Møriør. I mean, what does Nïx want with you anyway?” “Have you ever considered they’re all bad? Maybe neither of us needs to be around any immortals.
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